Jean-Pierre Soisson (born 9 November 1934) is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement who is a deputy in the National Assembly of France for the first district of Yonne.Soisson was born in Auxerre. He was first elected to the National Assembly in the June 1968 parliamentary election and has been re-elected in every election since. He first entered the government when he became Secretary of State for Universities on 27 May 1974, serving in that position until 12 January 1976.